Bannerghatta National Park

For this weekend and since this is a Gandhi jayanthi and a bandh day in Chennai, both of my brothers were in Bangalore.

We went to Bannerghatta National Park. We did Tiger and Lion Safari. We saw lot of tigers and some lions. Not a bad trip compared to some safari's I have gone in US where you don't see animals. But overall not very exciting. The animals were very healthy. Sometimes it resembles more of a zoo than a national park with lot of animals in cages.

The park is around 25 kilometer from HSR Layout and took around 40 minutes to reach. Well maintained and has also a good zoo. Some other attractions also are there including butterfly park, elephant safari etc. Pretty much a good destination for people with kids and also good for those who are nature loving to have a chance to spend some time out from the mechanical world.

Strawberry farm visit

Last weekend we went to Boone Hall Plantation, a Strawberry farm near Charleston. It was nice to pickup your own strawberries and blackberries. We need to search between the sea of strawberry plants to find a good and ripe one. Blackberries were more generous and cleaner. Cost was also 50% compared to grocery stores.

This is a very good way of spending time and getting some fresh and healthy fruits. There are many strawberry farms around Charleston at a radius of 5-15 miles. Once you reach there, they have a set of baskets for the fixed price of $2, $5 etc. You can choose one and fill as many fruits as you want. The one where we went also had a nice garden with different types of flowers. We took some photos there. There is also a large sunflower farm. It was good to be in the middle of so many sunflowers.